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Ninh Thuan festooned for Cham fest
26/10/2009 05:00
The Brahminical Cham community celebrates the Kate festival on the first day of the seventh lunar month to revere its gods, heroes, ancestors, and kings. Reverence: A procession re-enacts a legend at the Cham Kate festival. The biggest Cham...
Centuries of Vietnamese fashions documented
26/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Three years is a long time to spend filming a documentary on “Vietnamese Costumes” but not when you consider it features 4,000 outfits. Director Nguyen Hai Anh. VietNamNet Bridge – Three years is a long time to spend...
Miss Ethnic Vietnam runner-up to compete in Miss Earth 2009
26/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Truong Thi May, the first runner-up of the 2007 Miss Vietnamese Ethnic Groups, will travel to the Philippines on November 1 for the Miss Earth 2009 pageant. The beauty from the Mekong Delta province of An Giang was also the first...
Casting begins on statue of legendary hero
26/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A ceremony to cast a statue of the legendary Vietnamese hero Saint Giong was held at the Soc Temple relic area, Soc Son District, Hanoi on October 26. Residents in Soc Son District, Hanoi stand in front of a plaster Saint Giong statue during...
Ao dai for Mrs. World 2009 revealed
25/10/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Two Vietnamese contestants at the Mrs. World 2010 in Ba Ria – Vung Tau this November will wear reformed ao dai featuring lotus and crane, said designer Ngo Nhat Huy. Mrs. Vietnam 2009 Hoang Thi Yen and fashion designer Ngo Nhat Huy....
Huong Giang to vie for Miss World title
25/10/2009 05:00
Model Tran Thi Huong Giang will represent Vietnam at the Miss World 2009 Beauty Pageant to be held in South Africa from November 11 to December 12. The Performing Arts Department said Friday that...
Organizer plans to change Miss World venue
25/10/2009 05:00
The organizer of the 2010 Miss World pageant in Vietnam plans to shift the event from the resort town of Nha Trang to Tien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta. The move, supposedly based on cost factors, has sparked concerns the new venue will not be...